This is for Alex (the first few sentences :P)

Yes, I am going to Brazil this summer. For a month. For a research project. I don't know which one yet, I have merely given out my choices, and they are the ones who have my fate in their hands. :) So, Alex, have you got any travel plans for the summer? If anyone else want to share their summer plans, feel free to do so :)

On a side note, I am going to Barcelona for spring break tomorrow... actually today. This will be the first time that my complete family (my parents, my sister, my brother and I) will be in Europe together. Usually, my parents bring only one of us to Europe each summer. Yes, I am a spoiled brat. I will mostly be studying in Barcelona, though, as lame as that sounds. I have exams coming on when I come back, and I do hope to get some studying done while I am in Barcelona. I have already been to Barcelona once, and in my mind, there is not that much to see in Barcelona, so I let it stay that way, so that I am not too tortured while I am over there. I mostly consider it as a gastronomic trip. Tapas every day, yum.

I don't know if I will be able to pursue this blog while I am in Barcelona. Perhaps not every day, as I have been doing, that is almost certain. I might just be telling you about the places I go, since it is so useful to you, since you are all always going to Barcelona... ;)

I have to pack my suitcase now, and I really don't feel like it, as I have just returned from a semi-goodbye party, where there was lots of wine and this Beauty and the Beast movie... I have to, though, all in all, I have five hours to pack my suitcase. Gaah.

I love this scene 9

Portugese food

For my friend's birthday, we went to a Portugese restaurant in St-Hubert, on Chemin Chambly. (Really random place.) It is called Viana-Sol. It was a great little place. Loads of good hot soup and olives. After that, I had tons of mussels, with really good fries, and there was a great chocolate mousse for dessert. I don't know why, but Portugese restaurants always seem to give out huge portions. I hope that this is what I can expect from my trip to Brazil this summer (I knooooow). I look forward to coming back to this place.

So...

I don't have that many comments, except for the fact that Sean Penn proved my Canadian papers wrong. They were all rooting for Mickey Rourke. Yeah, well...

IMDB's daily poll asked us to choose our favorite Oscars moment. I obviously couldn't vote, but I got to know which were the key moments of the night and checked some of them out on YouTube later on. There was the Jimmy Kimmel spot with Tom Cruise, which was kind of cool. There was also the Pineapple Express skit, which was OK. Just watching James Franco being funny is great. :) The best part is when he just stares happily at himself kissing Sean Penn. Good times.

I love this scene 8

"You're studying, I'm prying into your personal life."

"Oh, oh, Guns of Brixton!"

"You've tried to explain to me how on earth Coldplay could be considered an alternative band..."

The Rules of Attraction

My list of books I still have to read is a bit traumatizing to me. It seems like I have never read any book at all. To reassure myself, I'll start reflecting from time to time on books I have read recently... even though "recently" covers a rather large span of time.

I found The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis in a bookstore the last time I went to the United States. I was very happy to have found it, because it seems as if there are always the same Bret Easton Ellis books in Canadian bookstores: American Psycho, Glamorama, etc. I had seen the movie adaptation of The Rules of Attraction a while ago, but I didn't remember it much, and so I was curious about the book.

After I had finished reading it, I was very perplexed. Apparently, in American liberal arts colleges, all they ever do is fuck, drink, party, intoxicate themselves and sleep. And, from time to time, they go to class for three hours. After reading the book, I looked for scenes from the movie on YouTube. The movie made the story look a lot more... colorful than when I had read it. The book had seemed so bleak to me. I then realized that I had read it as a drama, when I should have in fact expected a comedy. I now have to reread it as a comedy, when I will be done with the other 50 books I have to read, I guess. 

One thing I've learnt from the book: Nobody likes the right person.

In my honest opinion

The best Oscars ceremony I have had the chance to see in my short life was the 75th one. Big anniversary. There were a lot of my favourite movies: Gangs of New York, Chicago, The Pianist, Catch Me If You Can, About a Boy. Yeah, well, movies meant for a large public, I know. There was that kiss from Adrien Brody to Halle Berry, and there was that speech he did which was tearjerker material. Eminem won Best Song with "Lose Yourself", which was kind of rad. Too bad he wasn't there, though.

Shitty idea the Oscars once had: rejuvenating the ceremony by having Beyoncé sing most of the songs. Urgh, I can't stand Beyoncé. Having her sing the song from Les Choristes? Bad, bad idea.

I won't be able to watch the Oscars this year because I have an exam on Monday. Blargh, student life. Hugh Jackman as the host, that could have been interesting. I will probably comment on the winners, though...